Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ494059
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Publication Date: 1994
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Structured Imagination: The Role of Category Structure in Exemplar Generation.
Ward, Thomas B.
Cognitive Psychology, v27 n1 p1-40 Aug 1994
Results of 5 experiments involving 385 undergraduates imagining animals from another galaxy are consistent with the idea that similar structures and processes underlie creative and noncreative aspects of cognition. The concept of structured imagination and the role of characteristic properties are explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Higher Education, Imagination, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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